What would I gain by changing the CUPS in 4.2 please? Does 1.3.9 offer any advantages over 1.4? Specifically, does it cure the problem of CUPS hanging when trying to modify a printer?_________________Spup Frugal HD and USB
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Yes. And some other strange behaviours disappear too. Based on very limited testing, the combination of CUPS 1.3.9 and the other printing components in 4.2 looks stable.

OK. I followed your instructions with complete success. I can now modify my printer instead of having to re-install it when my router goes down due to power cut (its an HP Photosmart c4380 wifi printer) and assigns it a different ip address. The test page is different and seems better defined.
There were some install differences as I had previously installed Patriots(?) files to even get it to print at all, so /var/cache was already on my system.
The whole root/woofwoof thing has gone too. Thanks a million for this.
Mind, CUPS 1.42b can autodetect my printer, but 1.3.9 cannot._________________Spup Frugal HD and USB
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The problem with Linux printing is that there are so many interconnected parts - Ghostscript, Foomatic, Gutenprint, CUPS, etc. And they are not necessarily mix-and-match. Ttuuxxx did an excellent job getting them to mesh in 4.2. So I have no opinion on whether CUPS 1.1.23 can be installed into 4.2.

Is your current problem specifically with your "no-bling" version? Where did it come from? Can you still print in your full version?

Things that used to work and then stop working are always difficult to analyse.

I figured it would be complicated. Since the full version is complicated in itself on the eee's small screen, I haven't much played with it and my 4.1.2 pup_save file.

I should go do that, though I was dismayed to discover that despite your great CUPS build and even better instructions, that printing eventually quit nonetheless in my eee. I wonder if that might not happen with the full version. I'll have to play with it and see.

Your explanation of how many moving parts Linux uses for printing is eye-opening. No wonder so many people have problems, and DIFFERENT problems. That's what makes even researching the causes so difficult.

rcrsn51, I followed your instructions and now my HPC3100 works great in Puppy4.2. My printer worked great using Puppy4.12, but when I upgraded to Puppy4.2 I could not get it to print, no matter how hard I tried. I think the hpijs driver is the same for both distros, so it must be the later Cups 1.3.9 that did it.
Many,many thanks_________________Respectfully,
Jesse "distro Jockey"

rcrsn51, I wanted to find out why Cups 1.4/Puppy4.2 combo did not work with my HPC3100. I compared Cups 1.4 & 1.3.9 foomatic-rip-hplip files for differences. What I found was: "-U" was left out at the end of /usr/bin/perl file in Cups1.4. When I deleted the "-U" from 1.3.9 my printer stopped working. My fix for Puppy4.2 / Cups1.4 was to edit and add -U to to the end of #!/usr/bin/perl -U . Printing now works great using Puppy4.2/cups1.4, like it did when I was using Puppy4.12/cups1.3.9.

I compared Cups 1.4 & 1.3.9 foomatic-rip-hplip files for differences. What I found was: "-U" was left out at the end of /usr/bin/perl file in Cups1.4. When I deleted the "-U" from 1.3.9 my printer stopped working. My fix for Puppy4.2 / Cups1.4 was to edit and add -U to to the end of #!/usr/bin/perl -U . Printing now works great using Puppy4.2/cups1.4, like it did when I was using Puppy4.12/cups1.3.9.

I'd like to implement this in CUPS-1.4.2 for the next release of Puppy-4.2.x but I can't find specifically where the change needs to be made. Can you humour an ignorant old man and be more specific about the file that needs the -U added to that line, please? Thanks in anticipation. {Marge, get me another Duff while I'm watchin' the WWE here!}_________________Actions speak louder than words ... and they usually work when words don't!
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